Terrific Tuesday

This morning the students completed the Tuesday portion of the vocabulary sheet for our word of the week, typical.  Then they practiced their keyboarding skills using Typing Club.  After the announcements, we switched for math.

Math began with a "Tell Me About It," fraction based warm up.  Next, we reviewed last night's homework.  Then, the students took the formative for week 3, covering equivalent fractions.

The formatives have been graded and returned to the children. 

After going over the formative, we played a game of Kahoot with the addition and subtraction of fractions with unlike denominators.

Next, the students enjoyed lunch and outdoor recess.

This afternoon I attended a quarterly planning meeting.  So, Mrs. Tanzi picked the students up from recess and remained with them for the rest of the day.

During math the students completed a session of Xtra Math and then practiced adding and subtracting fractions using inks provided in GC.

After math, the students began their literacy block.  In writing they created a title and headings for their expository piece.  They also completed a poetry formative, identifying and explaining similes in a poem.

Each reading group met with Mrs. Tanzi and practiced making inferences as they reread the story, Prot and Krot, and identified places where the soldier made good and/or bad decisions.  Then they used text evidence to support their thinking.

After the literacy block, the students finished building their water collections tools, in science.  They also tested it, to be sure it worked, and made adjustments, as necessary.

As per usual, the children ended their day in art, with Mrs. Daniell.